Due to ongoing support, the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund helped hundreds of racial justice advocates and detained immigrants post bail in 2020.
“Justice was served,” candidate Misba Abdin says of a ruling overturning a Board Of Elections decision that nixed his campaign
Love Prince who is running against Incumbent Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez in the District 7 Democratic Primary Wins Their Petitioning Case and Will be on the voting ballot this June.
“I absolutely believe that there is a compromise in which we protect tenants from being evicted and we also take into account safety concerns,” said Sen. Salazar.
Here’s the rundown of what you need to know about Brooklyn candidates before the February election.
Marc Fliedner, who ran for both Brooklyn and Manhattan DA this year, talks about Bushwick of past and present.
Redistricting moves and scatters a heated political race, while Elizabeth Crowley has committed to moving within the borders of wherever it is she ends up representing.
Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”
A vision for the future of Queens remains murky.
Boris Santos will be challenging incumbent Assembly Member Erik Dilan for seat at New York State’s Assembly District 54.
His victim was 17-years-old.
Congresswoman Velázquez will host an Immigration Forum this Sunday.
A man suspected of breaking into a Bushwick woman’s apartment and raping her has turned himself in, police say.
Bushwick voters turned out to vote in the primary on Tuesday. See which winners will be representing our neighborhood in the mayoral race and beyond.
Head out to the polls on September 12 to vote in New York’s 2017 Primary Elections.
The shooting in a basement apartment near the corner of Suydam Street and Knickerbocker Avenue shocked the neighborhood in 2015.
Get ready to vote in the primaries again, Bushwick!
A man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning at adored, queer Bushwick watering hole HappyFun Hideaway for attacking a bouncer, shouting homophobic slurs and threatening to come back “Orlando style” after being thrown out, according to police reports and witnesses
You don’t have to wait until Sunday for your (minor) sins to be forgiven this week: This Saturday, a Bushwick church is hosting the borough’s 4th ever “Begin Again” event, which provides locals with an opportunity to resolve any outstanding low-level “quality of life” summonses they might have on their legal records
Many Bushwick residents wondered what happened to the animals retrieved from the roof and basement of 71 Central Ave after a February raid conducted by the ASPCA and the police
Guest post by Daryl-Ann Saunders, photographer, author of ongoing photo series”Pioneers of Bushwick” which tells the story of Bushwick residents living in the area since 1975 or earlier
Before you snap a photo of that stranger, pause for a second.
Photo from http://www.whytuesday.org/2010/10/28/bloomberg-thumbs-up-to-san-fran-weekend-voting/ …just kidding, kids can’t vote. But you can! And you should, if you want to avoid having your neighbors assume you’re a clueless transplant from the Midwest. Be the change you wish to see in the world, keep your rent from skyrocketing, or get a sticker. And NYC is doing everything within […]